California Gov. Gavin Newsom revived one of Donald Trump’s past healthcare promises to challenge the president’s latest proposal. After Trump unveiled a new healthcare initiative, Newsom argued the pledge closely mirrors commitments first made nearly a decade ago.
Gavin Newsom trolls Donald Trump with his own words
President Donald Trump announced in Michigan on Monday that his administration would pursue what he called the “Great Healthcare Plan,” describing it as a proposal that would bypass “big insurance companies” and direct funds to eligible Americans to purchase their own healthcare. Trump also claimed the approach would lower costs while delivering better coverage, though he did not outline how the plan would achieve those goals (via The Daily Beast).
Gavin Newsom quickly responded by pointing to remarks Trump made during his first term. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the California governor said the president had been making the same healthcare promise for nine years.
He also remarked that people might not realize it because the original White House transcript “has seemingly been removed,” while sharing a link to Trump’s October 2017 Executive Order 13813, commonly associated with his healthcare agenda. Newsom noted that the webpage had since disappeared from the White House website.
The order, often referred to as “Trumpcare,” sought to reshape federal healthcare policy by weakening parts of the Affordable Care Act. It was later revoked by President Joe Biden in January 2021 before being reinstated by Trump on the opening day of his second administration. During his first presidency, Trump had also declared that “there is no such thing as Obamacare anymore” while defending the initiative.
Trump’s latest healthcare plan revisits several promises from his first term, such as cutting the cost of prescription drugs, lowering insurance premiums, and providing direct financial support to eligible Americans. However, the proposal leaves many of the key details unanswered, offering little explanation of how those goals would actually be achieved.
In a separate development, House Republicans introduced a plan in March to scale back federal healthcare spending, but that proposal has yet to move forward for a full House vote.
Originally reported by Rishabh Shandilya on Mandatory.
